Amidines



Patented June 18, 1935 UNITEDSITATES PATENT OFFICE AMIDINES John Lee, Zurich, Switzerland, assignor to E. R. Squibb & Sons, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York No Drawing. Application September 6, 1933, Serial No. 688,359

4 Claims.

This invention relates to, and has for its object the provision of,,certain new compounds, useful as therapeutic agents.

Compounds of this invention comprise amidines 5 having the general formula CHaC wherein X represents ethoxy or carbethoxy and Y represents hydrogen or phenyl.

Example 1 A compound having the formula compound separates out as a microcrystalline white powder, which on filtration, washing with ether, and drying, is almost entirely insoluble in cold water, is slightly hydrolyzed in hot water, is soluble in alcohol, changes color at about and melts with decomposition at -125.

I Example 2 A compound having the formula CHsC NGC O 0 Calls may be prepared as follows:

4.6 g. phosphorus pentachloride is dissolved in 50 cc. dry benzol and cooled; 4.9 g. 2-ethoxy 5- acetylamino diphenyl is dissolved in the solution; 3.3 g. ethyl-para-amino benzoate is added; the mixture is refluxed for three hours; the solvent is distilled ofi; the residue is taken up in 15 cc. absolute alcohol; ammonia water is added; the oily precipitate is extracted with ether and -HOI dried; dry hydrogen chloride is introduced; and

the desired compound forms as an oily precipitate 1 which on drying in air becomes a plastic mass. Example 3 A compound having theiormula OC2H5 CHaC may be prepared similarly by the interaction of 2-ethoxy 5-acetylamino diphenyl and para-ethoxy anilin.

Example 4 A compound having the formula I 'CcH5 CHaC .HCl

N O O O C2H5 may be prepared similarly by the interaction of 2-ethoxy 5-acetyl amino diphenyl and 2-carbethoxy 5-amino diphenyl.

I claim:

1. A compound having the formula 2. A compound having the formula OCzH5 .HOl

Nil- CHaC 3. A compound having the formula ,CsH5

O O 0 0211s OBH5 4. Compounds selected from the group consisting of N-(Z-ethoxy-S-xenyl) N'-( p-phenetyl) acetamidine; N, N-di-(2-ethoxy-5-xenyl) acetamidine: N-(2-ethoxy-5-xeny1) oxy-phenyl) acetamidine; and N-(2-eth0xy- 5-xenyl) N (2-carbethoxy-5-xenyl) acetamidine.

JOHN LEE;- 

